title: Chronic kidney disease: optimal blood pressure for kidney disease-lower is not better.
abstract: Current guidelines recommend lowering blood pressure (BP) in patients with chronic kidney disease and hypertension. However, a new study suggests that achieving ideal systolic BP targets at the expense of low diastolic BP <70 mmHg is not advantageous for outcomes.
authors.affiliation: The University of Chicago Medicine, MC1027, Room P-328A, 5841 South Maryland Avenue, Chicago, IL 60637, USA. gbakris@gmail.com.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bakris
mesh_terms: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001794:Blood Pressure; D006801:Humans; D006977:Hypertension, Renal / Q000188:drug therapy / Q000209:etiology / Q000401:mortality; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000150:complications* / Q000401:mortality*
chemical_list: D000959:Antihypertensive Agents